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Author : Nevada (Battleship)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1946
Category : Warships
ISBN : UCAL:$C22208
Author : United States. Department of the Army. Office of Military History
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : United States
ISBN : UOM:39015008504287
Author : Spencer C. Tucker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 4371 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9798216044741
This almanac provides a comprehensive, chronological overview of all American military history, serving as the standard reference work of its type. Almanac of American Military History is yet another reference work from acclaimed historian Dr. Spencer C. Tucker and ABC-CLIO, offering an unprecedented resource for a wide range of students and researchers. A comprehensive, four-volume title, this almanac traces all of American military history from the European voyages of discovery through 2011, chronicling the pivotal moments that have shaped the United States into the country it is today. In addition to documenting key events, this title presents biographies of more than 250 key individuals and provides information on more than 250 historically significant technologies and weapons systems. A detailed glossary is included, as are discussions of ranks and military awards and decorations. Divided into conflict periods, each chapter includes a detailed chronology, reference-entry sidebars, statistical information, primary-source documents, and a bibliography.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Union catalogs
ISBN : UOM:39015082987739
Author : Bill McWilliams
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 1293 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781497602373
The author of A Return to Glory constructs a compellingly detailed and panoramic history of the fateful day that ushered the United States into WWII. Using long-established historical records and contemporary journals, as well as recently released wartime documents, Bill McWilliams has created a brand-new minute-by-minute narrative of the Day That Will Live in Infamy. Told from the points of view of dozens of characters, from generals and admirals and politicians and diplomats down to deckhands and private soldiers and innocent civilians at all levels, this panoramic overview of one of the most traumatizing and shocking events in American history puts the reader in a position to understand the big picture of strategy and tactics, as well as the intimate details of what the chaos, violence, and presence of death felt like to people immersed in the surprise of an armed attack on American soil. December 7, 1941, was a turning point in the history of the United States, which had been teetering on a decision between isolationism and intervention. One might argue that every US military engagement since then has been affected by what happened when America learned that it could not stand by and watch war among strangers without potentially becoming involved—whether we wished to or not.
Author : Edwin S. Swaney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : WISC:89058526393
Author : Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 796 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : International relations
ISBN : UOM:39015082993240
Author : Alexandra Osborn Spotti
Publisher : Archway Publishing
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781665709842
With World War II raging throughout Europe, the United States knew it needed to produce magnesium—the “miracle metal”—in prodigious quantities. Thousands of souls from across the United States heeded the call and traveled to Southern Nevada to build the world’s largest magnesium production plant. Living conditions were harsh in the parched desert encampment that some called Tent City. But the iron-willed men and women who answered the call would break all records in magnesium production. When the war ended, however, a mass exodus from the settlement left it on the brink of becoming just another ghost town. In this book, the author offers readers a front-row seat to the development of Henderson, Nevada. In plain, straightforward language, she examines the forces that propelled the small community through the war and how it continued to thrive into the twenty-first century. Whether you’re interested in World War II, the history of Nevada, or the history of Henderson in particular, this book reveals the powerful impact of a small desert town.
Author : Myron J. Smith
Publisher : Scholarly Title
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Battle cruisers
ISBN : UCAL:B4255225
Author : Timothy B. Benford
Publisher : American Book Publishers (NJ)
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2001-05
Category : History
ISBN : 0971056005
Unique collection of odd, unusual, strange, interesting facts, and little-known items, vignettes, anecdotes, related to the Pearl Harbor attack. Includes 40 warnings, clues, hints. The most comprehensive collection ever of such material. Entertaining and educational.
Author : Tomás López Medel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Battleships
ISBN : MINN:30000004132233
Author : Stephen M. Younger
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 1682472892
"Silver State Dreadnought is the story of a ship and the men who sailed in her. It covers the ship's life from its construction in 1912 to its sinking in 1948. It covers its activity In World War I, during which it was based in Queenstown, Ireland as protection for American convoys bringing troops to Europe. The book also looks at the naval reduction treaties of the 1920s and the ship's reconstruction in 1928 with the latest in naval technology."--Provided by publisher.
Author : University of California, Berkeley. Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1016 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Library catalogs
ISBN : STANFORD:36105117173471
Author : Rod Macdonald
Publisher : Frontline Books
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781399013321
Early on Sunday, 7 December 1941, Japanese carrier-borne aircraft launched a surprise attack against the US Pacific Fleet based at Pearl Harbor. It was a date that President Roosevelt declared will live in infamy. During the strike, Japanese planes attacked the seven US battleships lined up in Battleship Row and the flag battleship USS Pennsylvania, in drydock for overhaul. The battleship USS Arizona exploded from a bomb hit at the forward magazine killing 1,177 officers and men. On USS Oklahoma, 429 men were killed many trapped inside as the great battleship capsized after aerial torpedo strikes. USS West Virginia, meanwhile, was hit by at least seven torpedoes and several bombs, and engulfed in flames; she settled onto the bottom on an even keel. USS California was hit by a pair of torpedoes and a bomb, flooding slowly, she too settled on the bottom. The other four battleships present were more lightly damaged, with the crippled Nevada, the only battleship to get underway during the attack, being successfully beached. By the time the assault was over, eight battleships, three light cruisers, three destroyers, a training ship and other smaller vessels had been sunk or damaged. Hundreds of US aircraft had been damaged or destroyed, while 2,403 Americans had been killed. Within a week of the Japanese attack, a great salvage organization had been formed. Very quickly the lightly damaged battleships Pennsylvania, Maryland and Tennessee had been repaired in naval yards and put back into service to protect the west coast of the USA. Of the eight battleships attacked, all but Arizona were raised, temporarily patched-up and sent back to naval yards on the west coast of America for final repair and modernization. Main battery guns and ordnance were recovered from the wrecked Arizona, which would then be left to rest on the bottom of the harbor for eternity as a memorial to the events of that fateful December day. USS Nevada was lifted off the bottom in February 1942, California in March 1942 and West Virginia in June 1942. The capsized Oklahoma, while eventually parbuckled and raised, was found to be too badly damaged to be fully rebuilt. Six of the eight battleships would thus return to service, with improved protection against bombs and torpedoes and being fitted with the latest anti-aircraft and gunnery systems. They would re-enter to the war to wreak a terrible revenge making their presence felt during the reconquest of the Aleutian Islands and the Philippines, and the great battles of Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Nevada would go on Atlantic convoy duty before bombarding German positions off Utah beach as the D-Day Normandy landings began. This is the story of those six.
Author : Myron J. Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105216811435